Author Simon Fitzjohn

Simon is a journalism tutor in London, who also just happens to be a movie fanatic, with a craving for the darker side of cinema. He has written three books - on the horror films of director Bob Clark (2014), the history of the character Norman Bates (2015) and the work of British exploitation director Pete Walker (2017). He is currently working with director Richard Loncraine to explore all avenues in a bid to orchestrate the re-release of 1978 Mia Farrow chiller Full Circle

On June 12, British indie title The Ascent (known as "Black Ops" in the US) will be available exclusively on BirdBox.Film on June 12th from 7pm BST. Alongside the exclusive launch it will be the first...

Screen legend John Travolta remains one of Hollywood’s most iconic and best loved stars. With an immense filmography to his name, spanning everything from action, comedy, musicals, horror, sci-fi and drama,...

Due to the continuing COVID-19 restrictions on social distancing, Arrow FrightFest’s traditional five day event in August has been regretfully put on hold. Instead, the organisers are planning to expand...

Delving once again into the genre’s post golden period, in this month’s episode of Fragments of Fear dynamic duo Peter and Rachael take a look at an example of the giallo poliziotteschi hybrid in Paolo...

The 1980s heralded in a new era for the giallo and Carlo Vanzina’s 1983 thriller, Mystère is indicative of a marked change in the Italian thriller during the decade of excess. Peter and Rachael take a look...

For the latest episode of Fragments of Fear Rachael and Peter turn their focus once again to the golden period of the genre with Maurizio Pradeaux’s 1973 giallo, Death Carries a Cane - a formulaic giallo...

Entering into the giallo’s golden period, Fragments of Fear takes an in-depth look at Sergio Pastore’s The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972). Heavily indebted to the early gialli of Dario Argento, Peter and...

In their second episode of Fragments of Fear Peter and Rachael take their first foray into the work of prolific Italian genre film director, Umberto Lenzi, delving into the second of his gialli with American...

Here at Movie Ramblings Towers, we are big fans of the giallo genre. You know the drill - mysterious killers, bizarre clues, lush locations, a memorable soundtrack and attractive casts, all wrapped up in...

Promising 'tense sci-fi action' and having already picked up some glowing advance reviews from the likes of Nerdly, Alien Outbreak is set to land on these shores in July. Here's the blurb - and we have the...

Anytime a film is described as 'chillingly effective', 'eerie' or 'haunting' by advance critics it is straight on to my radar, so safe to say I am looking forward to the upcoming creepfest Relic. Currently...

A genre icon returns this May, as I Spit On Your Grave's Camille Keaton breaks Isolation to seek justice in Cry for the Bad Man.When a small-town widow is grieving in isolation, she receives a deadly...